Missing and Sacrificed at War Monument
 NIKOS TTOFI
Nikos was twenty years old when he died .he was a loving person in Frenaros .He made a lot of dreams for the future.
Nikos graduated from the Centre of Senior studies of Famagusta ( Ê . Á . Ó . Á .) in 1972 and after that he joined the army. The years went by and there were only three days to finish his service. It was July of 1974.Then the most terrible thing happened, the Turkish invasion.
He was a soldier in Myrdou when the war took place .There in Myrdou he was seen for the last time by his parents. He told them that he was well and that they succeeded to liberate five villages .From Myrtou he was transferred to Karavas.In those days there was a truce and everyone thought that the evil would end .But it was not like that.
In the battle of Karavas Nikos was on the first line, The Turkish tanks surrounded the village. There was a big battle. Our people decided to draw off .They agreed to meet to Aerkotissa and to go o the beach from there. Many of our soldiers managed that but not Nikos.We are still waiting for him....
It was proved that he was dead and his first memorial was on the 6/8/2000.
 GIASOUMIS KILE
He was born in Phrenaros on the 23rd of August 1949. He was the eleventh child of Georgios and Christina Kile.
His dream was to become a driver. Therefore, after he graduated from primary school, he began working with his brother who owned a truck.
In July 1967, he enlisted in the army and was placed in the Artillery in Trikomo.
In 1969, he was released from the army and immediately bought his own car and began working.
In 1973, he got engaged to Anastasia Antoniou from Gaidoura and they were planning to get married on the 2nd of September 1974. However, the military coup and the Turkish invasion occurred before they managed to get married.
On the 20th of July 1974, he joined his military unit in Karaolo. On the 8th of August, his battery had moved towards Trachoni to support the defence line from Mia Milia to Koutsoventis.
On the 14th of August, after firing the last missile and after the commandment of the unit had abandoned its base, he tried to leave with his friend Koumis Poleou. Unfortunately, his car wouldn’t start and therefore they had to walk. After crossing the plain of Mesaoria, they reached Gaidoura. At that point they split and he has been missing since then. In January 1975, his fiance gave birth to his child who was named after him.
Even though his name was written in the missing persons list, we will always remember and wait for him to return.
 GIANAKIS GIOVANNIS
Gianakis was born in Frenaros on the 10 th October in 1949; he was the only son of Georgiou and Evdokias Zouvani.There were two sisters. He was a student in Primary school in 1958 and his family moved to Vrisoulles where his father opened a restaurant.
After primary school and high school he was taught to be car engineer. When later, after the completion of his military service he seek work on the ships he reached the grade of the second engineer of ships.
In the army he serviced in the sabotage team and later in the Â.Ì.Ç. in Nicosia .After his dismissal he got work in the ships.
In the summer of 1974 he was at home with permission. As soon as the sirens rang, sending the message that the country was endangered, Giannakis eagerly responded. He voluntarily went to the war as a ranker, a thing he could avoid, because he owned an English passport. He was a spirited boy.
Between the first and the second phase of the invasion, Giannakis came to the village with permission, it was like he had a bad feeling and came to say goodbye to his relatives. During truce he was called back to the unit to serve. His battalion, the 706 engineer battalion was sent to Kyrenia for mine laying.
Information say that he was seen in Karavas and Lapithos.There, while he was covering the withdrawal of other people, on the 15 th August as it seems he was caught by the Turkish. A captive woman, after her liberation, declared that she saw him being tortured by the Turkish soldiers. This news encouraged his relative to seek for him everywhere with superhuman efforts. But the Turks remained cruel. They gave no information.
 KYRIAKOS G. KAMELARIS
Kyriakos was born on the 9 th September in 1956 in Trikomo .After primary school he wanted to work. He chose the profession of a builder which had good perspectives. By the time he was seven he joined the military force .He was perfect to his profession.
When on the 15 th of July the betraying coup took place, Kyriakos was serving in Bogazi, very close to his village. His parents sensed that the coup was the beginning for our island's terrible things. That's why they rushed to Bogazi to visit their son. They were nervous. There was a bad intuition in their breasts.
On the 20 th July, when the ships of the enemy were seen in Kyrenia, the battalion of Kyriakos was led there to confront the invaders. The unarmed David would confront the armed Goliath .Our children were led as sheep to the slaughter.
When truce was agreed, the betrayed people were informed about this bad thing that happened. The enemy stepped in our island: In its passing there was violence, evilness ruins, pain and tears …Kyriako's parents hurried to meet their child. But they did not find him anywhere. No one could help them. To tell them something about their son. Where he was, how he was. They were just informed that he was considered a missing person. So he was passed on the list with the missing people.
So many years have passed. And the unfortunate parents have not stopped to hope even for a moment, to pray and wait….
 THEODOROS TSOMALLOURI
Theodoros Tsomallouri was born on the 10 th March in 1954 and grew up in Frenaros .When he became eighteen he joined the army .Two years later he was dismissed.
On the 20 th July in 1974 the Turkish Invasion took place.Theodoros with the other boys ran to defend his country ,First he was sent to Palekythro and from there he was transferred with some others to the first line in the area of Gerolakkos. .
The Turkish invaders advanced with tanks and armature .Our soldiers resisted as much as they could but it was impossible to keep them back. Then they decided to withdraw. But someone had to stay in order to cover the others. Then he took the decision to stay and cover for the others. We have never found out what he became, he is one of the 1619 missing people. But we will always wait for him to return.
 LOUKAS TSIOLAKIS
Loukas Tsiolakis was born in Frenaros on the 22/12/1956.When he was young he used love football. When he finished primary school he decided to become an ironmonger.
During the Turkish invasion on the 20 th July in 1974 Loukas was a soldier in Bogazi.He was immediately transferred with his unit to the Aspri Mouti (white nose) near the Kantara fort. There, it is believed that he was arrested by the Turkish invaders.
One of his companions says that on that day he had gone to bring water. When he came back he found no one. But he did not hear any shootings or saw any dead or hurt people or blood. So he assumed that they must have been arrested by the Turks. ..
Another testimony says that Loukas Tsolakis was arrested and was led as a captive in the prisons of Turkey; it is another one of our fellow villager Lefteri Papa Georgiou. Lefteris was caught as a captive and was transferred to the prisons of Amasias in Turkey .There he found the military identity card of Loukas on the floor. He took it and when he was free he delivered it to the Cyprus government.
All these prove that Loukas Tsiolakis like many other missing people were not killed in the war but they are alive that is why we will wait for them to come back . Oh, God when will that day come?
 DEMETRIS VRAKAS
Demetris Vrakas was born in the Pigi village in January 1940.In the age of nineteen he married the chosen of his heart Maroulla and had three children.
He worked in a building company of Famagusta ad with the salary he earned he provided a nice life for his family. He was precise in his work reliable to his responsibilities; he was the good example of the family man. He loved nature, was interested in football, politics and was involved in the communal events; he liked dances especially the Cyprus Traditional dances.
When he was asked to serve his military service he had already had his three children. On the black day of the invasion Demetris rushed to be the first who would serve his country. He said goodbye to his wife and children and went to Famagusta. He did not know that he would never see them again.
From Famagusta his unit was transferred to the village Ovgoros.The Turkish Cypriots obeying to the commands of the enemy and Angyra, they took their guns to attack to the nearby villages. On Sunday morning on the 21 st July in the effort of our rankers to keep the Turkish Cypriot force back, Demetris Vrakas, son of Elenis and Artemi, left his last breath on the field of honor.
The corpse of Demetris was transferred in the hospital of Lefkoniko when in the afternoon when the bombardments had finished his burial was quickly performed in the attendance of his wife, his parents and one of his sisters. Only when there was truce, his children and other relatives were able to light the candle and to put flowers on his grave.
On the 14 th August his wife and children became refugees and ended up in Frenaros where they still live until today.
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